Tom Cruise’s new blockbuster Mission: Impossible has reportedly been delayed due to a malfunction while filming with a £23million submarine.
It has been revealed that the gimbal, which is used to lower the 120ft tall structure, became stuck under its weight and had to be repaired.
Because of this, filming was delayed by weeks and caused the film’s costs to increase dramatically.
A source said Mirror: “They are not happy because it delays production, which costs a lot of money per day.”
The seventh film, Dead Reckoning Part One, was released last year, but production on the second installment suffered delays due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.
Tom Cruise’s new blockbuster Mission: Impossible has been delayed due to a malfunction while filming with a £23million submarine.
It has been revealed that the gimbal, which is used to lower the 120ft tall structure, became stuck under its weight and had to be repaired.
The film was originally scheduled to be released this summer, but due to delays it was pushed back to May 2025 and now, with further delays, it is unknown when it will be released.
Most of the new installment was filmed in the UK at Longcross Studios, and Tom Cruise is regularly seen as Agent Ethan Hunt.
The Mission: Impossible film series, which began in 1996, is based on a 1966 television series of the same name.
Along with the action franchise, Tom returns to action for a new Top Gun sequel after the huge box office success of Maverick, which grossed almost $1.5 billion.
Tom will return as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, and Paramount, which will return to produce, hopes to reunite him with his recent co-stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.
The news that Tom has returned to work with Paramount, where he has released many of his recent films, comes after he signed a deal with Warner Bros. to produce and develop new films for that studio, including films in which he will star. .
According album newsMaverick co-writer Ehren Kruger is writing a script for the third entry in the series.
Sources said The Hollywood Reporter Director Joseph Kosinski is also expected to return after proving himself with the huge critical and commercial success.
Because of this, filming was delayed by weeks and caused the film’s costs to increase dramatically – Tom portrayed as Ethan Hunt’s character in 2018.
A source said: “They are not happy because it delays production, which costs a lot of money per day.”
Tom’s last deal with Paramount ended in 2006, despite his continued work with the studio, and the new deal with Warner Bros. is non-exclusive, allowing him to continue working with other studios.
Tom and his co-stars helped bring the long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick to nearly $1.5 billion in grosses, and the action film’s months-long stay in theaters helped revive the theatrical business amid the ongoing pandemic. of coronavirus.
Although news of the high-flying sequel seemed to some like an attempt to blunt the positive publicity Warner Bros. was receiving for landing a Tom connection, THR reports that it has been quietly in development since late fall.
Paramount had no comment on the development.